Live from Los Angeles, it’s a brand-new record for Saturday Night Live. With 11 wins at Sunday night’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the NBC sketch institution has officially logged its biggest Emmy year in history—and the total could climb even higher when the Primetime Emmys are handed out next Sunday.
In all, SNL has now amassed a record 112 Emmy Award wins since its debut in 1975. That’s 53 more than its closest competitor, Game of Thrones, cementing the NBC sketch show’s place as the most awarded television program in Emmy history.
Sunday’s record haul came across a mix of honors for both the weekly series and its primetime 50th Anniversary Special. The main show picked up wins in production design, lighting design, and technical direction, while the anniversary broadcast dominated with trophies for directing, writing, emerging media, sound mixing, makeup, hairstyling, editing, and technical direction.
And the celebration isn’t over yet. SNL is still in contention for four more Primetime Emmys next weekend, with nominations for Bowen Yang (Comedy Supporting Actor), along with Variety Scripted Series, Variety Writing, and Variety Special (Live).
SNL Emmy Wins by Year
1976 – 3 Wins
- Best Variety Series (as NBC’s Saturday Night)
- Best Variety Directing (Dave Wilson)
- Best Variety Writing (Chevy Chase & team)
1977 – 2 Wins
- Best Variety Writing (Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray & team)
- Best Comedy Guest Actor (John Belushi)
1978 – 1 Win
- Best Variety Individual Performance (Gilda Radner)
1983 – 1 Win
- Best Technical Direction (Heino Ripp, Michael Bennett, et al.)
1985 – 1 Win
- Best Graphic and Title Design (Charles Levi, Alex Weil)
1989 – 2 Wins
- Best Variety Writing (Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, Conan O’Brien & team)
- Best Variety Series
1990 – 1 Win
- Best Technical Direction (Terry Rohnke, Joe Debonis, et al.)
1993 – 3 Wins
- Best Variety Series (Lorne Michaels, James Downey, Al Franken)
- Best Variety Individual Performance (Dana Carvey)
- Best Makeup (team)
1994 – 2 Wins
- Best Variety Series
- Best Technical Direction (Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, et al.)
1995 – 1 Win
- Best Technical Direction (Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, et al.)
1996 – 1 Win
- Best Technical Direction (Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, et al.)
2000 – 3 Wins
- Best Variety Special (SNL 25th Anniversary Special)
- Best Hairstyling (Bobby H. Grayson)
- Best Technical Direction (Steven Cimino, et al.)
2002 – 2 Wins
- Best Variety Writing (Tina Fey & team)
- Best Technical Direction (Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, et al.)
2003 – 1 Win
- Best Technical Direction (Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, et al.)
2004 – 2 Wins
- Best Technical Direction (Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, et al.)
- Best Art Direction (team)
2005 – 1 Win
- Best Hairstyling (Rogers, Mancuso, et al.)
2006 – 1 Win
- Best Hairstyling (Rogers, Mancuso, et al.)
2007 – 2 Wins
- Best Original Music and Lyrics (Justin Timberlake, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg)
- Best Technical Direction (Steven Cimino, John Pinto, et al.)
2008 – 1 Win
- Best Hairstyling (Bettie O. Rogers, Anne Michelle Radcliffe, Jodi Mancuso)
2009 – 3 Wins
- Best Comedy Guest Actor (Justin Timberlake)
- Best Comedy Guest Actress (Tina Fey)
- Best Makeup (Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Josh Turi)
2010 – 3 Wins
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
- Best Comedy Guest Actress (Betty White)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, Turi)
2011 – 3 Wins
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
- Best Original Music and Lyrics (Seth Meyers, John Mulaney, Justin Timberlake)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, Turi, Zivkovic)
2012 – 4 Wins
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
- Best Comedy Guest Actor (Jimmy Fallon)
- Best Technical Direction (Steven Cimino, John Pinto, et al.)
- Best Hairstyling (Rogers, Mancuso, et al.)
2013 – 2 Wins
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, et al.)
- Best Hairstyling (Rogers, Mancuso, et al.)
2014 – 5 Wins
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
- Best Comedy Guest Actor (Jimmy Fallon)
- Best Costumes (Tom Broecker, Eric Justian)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, et al.)
- Best Hairstyling (Rogers, Mancuso, et al.)
2015 – 8 Wins
- Best Variety Special (SNL 40th)
- Best Technical Direction (SNL 40th)
- Best Makeup (SNL 40th)
- Best Sound Mixing (SNL 40th)
- Best Technical Direction (series, Cimino, Pinto, et al.)
- Best Hairstyling (Rogers, Mancuso, et al.)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, et al.)
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
2016 – 2 Wins
- Best Comedy Supporting Actress (Kate McKinnon)
- Best Comedy Guest Actress (Tina Fey & Amy Poehler)
2017 – 9 Wins
- Best Variety Series (Michaels, Higgins)
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
- Best Comedy Supporting Actor (Alec Baldwin)
- Best Comedy Supporting Actress (Kate McKinnon)
- Best Comedy Guest Actor (Dave Chappelle)
- Best Comedy Guest Actress (Melissa McCarthy)
- Best Art Direction (Lee, Yoshimura, et al.)
- Best Hairstyling (Rogers, Mancuso, et al.)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, et al.)
2018 – 6 Wins
- Best Variety Series (Michaels, Aymong, Shookus, et al.)
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
- Best Technical Direction (Dave Driscoll, et al.)
- Best Art Direction (Lee, Yoshimura, Raywood, DeTullio)
- Best Lighting Design (Amoral, Hymes, McGuinness)
- Best Hairstyling (team)
2019 – 5 Wins
- Best Variety Series (Michaels, Aymong, Shookus, et al.)
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
- Best Short-Form Nonfiction (Oz Rodriguez)
- Best Art Direction (Lee, Yoshimura, Raywood)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, et al.)
2020 – 6 Wins
- Best Variety Series (Michaels, Aymong, Shookus, et al.)
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
- Best Comedy Guest Actor (Eddie Murphy)
- Best Art Direction (Lee, Yoshimura, Raywood, DeTullio)
- Best Lighting Design (Amoral, Brown, McGuinness, Stasse)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, et al.)
2021 – 7 Wins
- Best Variety Series (Michaels, Shookus, et al.)
- Best Variety Directing (Don Roy King)
- Best Comedy Guest Actor (Dave Chappelle)
- Best Comedy Guest Actress (Maya Rudolph)
- Best Art Direction (Lee, Yoshimura, Raywood, Shakun, DeTullio)
- Best Hairstyling (Mancuso, Thrasher, et al.)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, et al.)
2022 – 1 Win
- Best Variety Series (Michaels, Shookus, et al.)
2023 – 2 Wins
- Best Variety Directing (Liz Patrick)
- Best Art Direction (Yoshimura, Raywood, Webb, Purcigliotti)
2024 – 5 Wins
- Best Variety Directing (Liz Patrick)
- Best Art Direction (DeTullio, MacLeod, Shakun, Kachougian)
- Best Lighting Design (Amoral, Brown, McGuinness, Stasse, Grisanti)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, et al.)
- Best Technical Direction (Driscoll, Pinto, et al.)
2025 – 11 Wins (so far)
- Best Variety Directing (Liz Patrick – Special)
- Best Variety Writing (Team incl. Fey, Che, Jost, Mulaney, Meyers – Special)
- Best Editing (Segment – Special)
- Best Emerging Media Program (Special)
- Best Sound Mixing (Special)
- Best Technical Direction (Series)
- Best Technical Direction (Special)
- Best Lighting Design (Amoral, Brown, McGuinness, et al.)
- Best Art Direction (Yoshimura, Raywood, DeTullio, Purcigliotti, et al.)
- Best Hairstyling (Mancuso, Thrasher, et al. – Special)
- Best Makeup (Zakarian, Tagliamonti, et al. – Special)
Totals by Decade
- 1970s: 6
- 1980s: 3
- 1990s: 8
- 2000s: 16
- 2010s: 47
- 2020s (through 2025): 32
